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Digits


by Alex M. Pruteanu


Joyce never worked for me. none of it.
(nunavut.)
not Portrait not Dubliners, Ulysses,
nor Finnegan's.
should
‘ve
if you think about it.
based on labels: ɯsıuɹǝpoɯ
ima
gism
instead
what fascinated me about
James
Augustine
Aloysius
were his gargantuan hands
and elongated fingers.
all i can think of when i hear Joyce mentioned in conversations
is the dexterity he must have had on the Underwood
as he was banging out the words.
Thelonius Monk and Vladimir Horowitz
hold the same obtuse fascination.
as do Scott Joplin and Fats Waller.
those oblong digits
working their magic on keyskeyboardstimelinesofhistory.
they save us.
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.sn ǝʌɐs ʎǝɥʇ
(line missing)
˙ʎɹoʇsıɥɟosǝuılǝɯıʇspɹɐoqʎǝʞsʎǝʞ uo ɔıƃɐɯ ɹıǝɥʇ ƃuıʞɹoʍ
sʇıƃıp ƃuolqo ǝsoɥʇ
˙ɹǝllɐʍ sʇɐɟ puɐ uıldoɾ ʇʇoɔs op sɐ
˙ǝɯ ɹoɟ uoıʇɐuıɔsɐɟ ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ploɥ
zʇıʍoɹoɥ ɹıɯıpɐlʌ puɐ ʞuoɯ snıuolǝɥʇ
˙spɹoʍ ǝɥʇ ʇno ƃuıƃuɐq sɐʍ ǝɥ sɐ
pooʍɹǝpun ǝɥʇ uo pɐɥ ǝʌɐɥ ʇsnɯ ǝɥ ʎʇıɹǝʇxǝp ǝɥʇ sı
ǝɔʎoɾ ɹɐǝɥ ı uǝɥʍ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ uɐɔ ı llɐ
˙sɹǝƃuıɟ pǝʇɐƃuolǝ puɐ
spuɐɥ uɐnʇuɐƃɹɐƃ sıɥ ǝɹǝʍ
snısʎolɐ
ǝuıʇsnƃnɐ
sǝɯɐɾ
ʇnoqɐ ǝɯ pǝʇɐuıɔsɐɟ ʇɐɥʍ
ɯsıƃ
ɐɯı
modernism :slǝqɐl uo pǝsɐq
˙ʇı ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ noʎ ɟı
ǝʌ,
plnoɥs
˙s,uɐƃǝuuıɟ ɹou
‘sǝssʎln ‘sɹǝuılqnp ʇou ʇıɐɹʇɹod ʇou
(˙ʇnʌɐunu)
˙ʇı ɟo ǝuou ˙ǝɯ ɹoɟ pǝʞɹoʍ ɹǝʌǝu ǝɔʎoɾ
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